A hawk in its prime state of fitness is known as a yarak, a word that may derive from a Persian word meaning “strength, ability.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Yarak”
Grant, here’s a word I didn’t know until yesterday.
Yarek.
Yarek?
Alas, poor Yarek.
No, this is spelled Y-A-R-A-K.
Yarek.
I have no idea.
It probably originates from the Persian word for strength, and it’s a term in falconry that means a state of prime fitness in a hawk.
Ooh, so you could extrapolate and say, extend it and say the Yerrick of a man.
That’s what I was thinking. That’s what I was thinking.
I’m looking at a citation from 1855.
It requires about 10 days to get this hawk into Yerrick.
And if you’re really, really first rate, you’re said to be in screaming Yerrick.
Screaming Yerrick.
I mean, can’t you just see this hawk swooping?
Right, coming down at 100 miles an hour or more.
Yeah, you do not want to be the rodent in that case, right?
No.
I’ll hide my toupee.
